Spoilers, pours, and genre-movie side roads.
Drinks and a Movie is a casual film-review show built around drinks, spoilers, and lively scene-by-scene reactions. Rudy Ruiz moves from quick plot setup into craft notes, franchise comparisons, favorite kills, oddball details, and the bottle or cocktail on the table.
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Drinks and a Movie is a relaxed, spoiler-friendly film show where the conversation starts at the glass and usually ends somewhere deep inside the movie. Rudy Ruiz anchors the feed with a casual, quick-moving style that can shift from a bottle note to a plot beat to a camera choice without making the turn feel forced. The range is proudly genre-heavy. Recent episodes move through Roger Moore Bond, early James Bond, Friday the 13th sequels, Mario Bava horror, Chuck Norris action, The Hellbenders, and a documentary about making Santa feel real. The show likes movies that leave a texture behind. Sometimes that means practical effects, colored lighting, creepy faces, stunt energy, or a single shot that gets lodged in memory. Sometimes it means a character dynamic, like Bond meeting an equal who can match him move for move. The talk is brisk and plainspoken. It is not trying to sound academic, though it often notices the same things a sharper film essay would notice: blocking, atmosphere, editing, color, performance choices, and how a franchise changes over time. The drink pairing gives each episode a social shape. A lager goes with Dr. No, daiquiris fit Friday the 13th Part 2, old fashioneds sit beside Part 3, and whiskey turns up often enough to feel like part of the furniture. The show also makes room for playful experiments, including a backyard Lone Wolf McQuade episode with Hector, rye, and a tomahawk steak on the grill. Guest conversations broaden the frame. Brandon Rice's appearance, for example, turns the focus toward documentary logistics, rushed interview setups, location choices, and the lucky accidents that help a film find its look. Carissa brings a complementary horror-watch rhythm, especially when a movie is silly, violent, or better as a hang than as a polished object. The show is comfortable calling a movie bad while still enjoying the scene everyone will remember. That balance is the point. Drinks and a Movie suits listeners who like horror, Bond, action, old-school genre craft, and unpretentious movie talk that can nerd out without putting on a lecture voice.
Made for: Best for film fans who enjoy casual but observant conversations about horror, Bond, action, and older genre cinema. It especially suits listeners who do not mind spoilers and like production details mixed with jokes, drink talk, and firm opinions.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by making the drink part of the episode's texture without letting it replace the movie talk. Its strongest moments pair informal reactions with surprisingly specific notes on color, effects, framing, franchise history, and scene construction.
Discussions of various films old and new over drinks. Find us on Intagram @drinksandamoviepod where we'll be posting stills from the movies we discuss as well as what we drink. Contact us through instagram or [email protected] Please subscribe, rate, review, and thanks for listening.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Rudy Ruiz pairs candid movie judgments with sharp attention to performances, practical effects, visual composition, and the realities of filmmaking.
Drinks and a Movie turns film criticism into a relaxed table conversation, with Rudy Ruiz pairing close discussion of movies with whiskey, daiquiris, or an old fashioned.
An old fashioned meets a handstand kill, and suddenly you're discussing how the shot works.
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A loose, funny Bond rewatch finds the film's spark in rivalry, drinks, and Roger Moore's approachable charm.
A manic pass through The Spy Who Loved Me gives the episode its charge, from wobbling cups during a chess game to a submarine swallowed by a giant tanker and Roger Moore skiing away from Russian pursuers.
A relaxed whiskey-side look at the lucky breaks and quick calls behind Making Santa Real.
Making Santa Real gets a warm, practical introduction through Brandon Rice, as Rudy Ruiz guides the conversation from the film's Christmas subject into the decisions that shaped its making.
A drink-free Bava triple feature finds its strongest charge in the haunted imagery of Black Sabbath.
Drinks in a Movie loosens its usual drink-pairing frame for a Mario Bava triple feature, with host Rudy Ruiz recording after a six-day fast and sitting out the drinks this time.
A loose Friday the 13th Part 3 rewatch finds its sharpest moment in the handstand kill and a 94-proof old fashioned.
Drinks and a Movie takes a relaxed Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3D rewatch and keeps the focus where this 1982 Steve Miner slasher is most alive: in its set pieces, its oddball choices, and the pleasure of watching horror fans notice the craft inside a movie they still call bad and…
A daiquiri-backed revisit to Jason before the hockey mask, loose enough to make room for lore and cucumber juice.
Drinks and a Movie matches Friday the 13th Part 2 with Planteray White Rum daiquiris and settles into the odd pleasures that make this early Jason chapter linger: life in the woods, the shrine to his mother, and the burlap-sack period before the hockey mask took over.
Mike Muncer and a different guest dissect two horror films per episode, by subgenre.
Rudy and Matt discuss the 1995 film Heat and pair it with High West's seasonal whiskey release, A Midwinter Night's Dram Act 13.
The hosts discuss Michael Mann's 1981 film 'Thief' while tasting a special 2025 Booker's bourbon finished in tequila barrels.
A humorous and detailed recap of the opening scene of the 1977 James Bond film 'The Spy Who Loved Me' from the podcast 'Drinks in a Movie'.
Brandon Rice discusses Making Santa Real, a documentary he filmed around Santa Claus performers, Mrs.
Rudy Ruiz reviews three Mario Bava films: Black Sabbath (1963), Rabid Dogs, aka Kidnapped (1974), and Shock (1977), and says he recorded this episode on February 1st after a six-day fast.
Host Rudy and guest Hector discuss the 1983 Chuck Norris film 'Lone Wolf McQuade' while enjoying a barrel strength rye and grilling a tomahawk steak.
The host revisits the first episode of his James Bond podcast series, discussing Dr.
Rudy Ruiz introduces a podcast episode reviewing the 1967 film The Hellbenders and tasting a new single barrel Tennessee whiskey from Nelson's Greenbrier.
Drinks and a Movie covers Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3D, the 1982 Steve Miner sequel, while Rudy drinks an Elijah Craig single barrel old fashioned and Carissa compares the film’s 3D gimmicks to other horror movies.
A podcast episode where hosts discuss the 1981 horror film Friday the 13th Part 2 while drinking daiquiris made with Planteray White Rum.
A review of the 2007 horror sequel 28 Weeks Later, discussing its plot and comparing it to the original 28 Days Later.